Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 2:53:37 GMT
A couple of days ago it was announced that Google would restrict Huawei's use of its operating system, which would deprive its phones of some of the most popular applications, such as YouTube and Google Maps.
Huawei was almost ready. Previously, it was already France Mobile Number List working on its own operating system to confront the North American veto. One of the company's CEOs even said, “if we were ever unable to continue using these systems, like Android, we have to be prepared.”
“Our plan B is our operating system. But of course we would prefer to work with the ecosystems provided by Google and Microsoft.”
However, Huawei is filing a complaint: the United States is harassing the Chinese company after Donald Trump declared a national emergency to prohibit national companies from using equipment manufactured by firms that are supposedly trying to spy on the world's leading power.
This measure would restrict business with Chinese companies such as Huawei.
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“Huawei has been respecting all applicable laws and regulations. Now Huawei has become the victim of harassment by the United States Administration,” declared the company's representative to the institutions of the European Union, Abraham Liu, at an event held in Brussels, as reported by Huawei in a statement.
For Liu, it is not “just an attack against Huawei.”
“It is an attack on the rules-based liberal order. This is dangerous. Now it is happening to Huawei. Tomorrow it could happen to any other international company. Can we close our eyes to such behavior?”
He also said that Huawei's 5G networks have been developed together with European partners and "tailored to the needs and challenges" of the Old Continent.
“Huawei has been operating in Europe for almost twenty years. We now have 12,200 employees in Europe, 70% hired locally.”
National Emergency
Donald Trump declared a national emergency a few days ago to prohibit American companies from using telecommunications equipment manufactured by companies that are supposedly trying to spy on the United States.
The executive order does not automatically impose restrictions on the purchase of telecommunications equipment, but gives Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross 150 days to establish which companies should be subject to new limitations for posing a danger to national security.